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kempstonblue
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The biggest surprise of that article, is it exists.
It was on a BBC web page. Written by a Look East person, Refers to Ampthill, Bedford and Cambridge. Listen to 3CR or watch Look East the coverage of these clubs is scant.Cambridge get a slightly better coverage being a single county radio station. If the media do not care, the RFU will do what it likes, for the ‘health and well-being’ of the game. Tier 2 will be 14 franchises. Playing 8 more league games than tier 1. Which should balance against European weekends. Somehow despite 12 tier 2 clubs currently, three Phoenix brands will be included. London Irish, wasps and Worcester. Then early next year in a desperate Sweeny move Rugby Europe will announce franchises in its Super Rugby in Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands have been accepted into Englands tier 2. The seven remaining slots will be allocated by impressing the judges on MasterChef. Simultaneously Italys top league will include teams from Georgia, Romania, Czech Republic and Germany. |
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The older I get, the more the RFU leave me confused.
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JZSmith
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The last Alianz rugby stadium we had in this country was populated by hugely disreputable people (many of them still there in a re-named stadium) and the same can be said of the new one. Allianz really know how to pick them don't they?
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Camquin
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While the Wasps RFC name is owned by a bunch of property developers
who want to use it as an excuse to build houses, there does not seem to
be any interest in Worcester or London Irish from anyone with even a
modicum of money. The administrators are once bitten, so I would hope they will be twice shy. The
administrator's report on London Irish does mention ongoing
discussions, but does not name anyone interested. While it looks like the
amateur club might be able to retain Hazelwood. The loan from Close
will be repaid from the sale of the P-shares - which is still not sorted out, but Sports England and
Powerday are not going to be repaid. And neither will be unsecured
creditors, including HMRC. |
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Sweeney Delenda Est
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